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Perspectives on the Short Storyopens an exciting gateway into the literary tradition. With an eye on the ever-changing needs of the twenty-first century classroom, Perspectivesoffers numerous innovative themes and connections. It ranges globally, touching down in literary geographies from Cervantes' Spain to Hurston's Eatonville to Ngugi's Nigeria. No matter what the focus of the course, instructors will find plenty of stories to deepen students' understanding and appreciation of literature. Beginning with the emergence of the short story form in the nineteenth century, the editors draw connections among the short story and folklore, myth, and the origins of the novel. The volume also edges over the borders of literary conventions, looking at familiar genres as well as experiments in graphic stories and the avant-garde. Students will delight in meeting up with Gogol's nose, Atwood's "Ugly Stepsister," Poe's eerie twins, and Alexie's "Lone Ranger."

Table of Contents

Stories Grouped by Nationality and Period:

Charles Chesnutt “The Sheriff’s Children” (1889)

Zora Neale Hurston “Sweat” (1926)

Ralph Ellison “Battle Royal” (1947)

James Baldwin “Sonny’s Blues” (1957)

Alice Walker “Roselily” (1973)

Toni Morrison “Recitatif” (1983)

Helena Viramontes “The Moths” (1985)

¿Sandra Cisneros “Never Marry a Mexican” (1991)

Dagoberto Gilb “The Death Mask of Pancho Villa” (1991)

Louise Erdrich “American Horse” (1983)

Joy Harjo “The Flood” (1990)

Sherman Alexie “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven” (1993)

Gish Jen “In the American Society” (1986)

Jhumpa Lahiri “A Temporary Matter” (1998)

Ha Jin “After Cowboy Chicken Came to Town” (2000)

William Faulkner “That Evening Sun” (1931)

Eudora Welty “The Hitch-Hikers” (1941)

Robert Penn Warren “Blackberry Winter” (1946)

Flannery O’Connor “Good Country People” (1955)

John Updike “Ace in the Hole” (1955)

John Cheever “The Death of Justina” (1960)

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Joyce Carol Oates “How I Contemplated the World from the Detroit House